THE rh'IXCIl'AL SPKCIKS OF I'OISOXOUS SXAKKS 



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Fig. 44. — Pseudelaps hrefftii. 



Total length, ST.") iiiillinu'tres ; tail 55. 



Habitat : New South Wales. 



(8) P. kreftii (i\g. 44). — Nasal shield entire, in contact with the 

 prreocular ; 1 + "J temporals ; 14(3 — 156 ventrals ; 26 — 38 subcaudals. 



Colour dark brown, with a light longitudinal line on each scale; 

 a yellowish cross-band on the occiput, connected with another 

 yellow band which encircles the snout. 



Belly yeliowisli in front, black 

 behind ; subcandals white, witli a 

 longitudinal black band running be- 

 tween them. 



Total length, 255 millimetres ; 

 tail 88. 



Habitat : Queensland. 



(4) P. harriettcp. (tig. 45). — Nasal 

 shield entire, in contact with or 

 narrowly separated from the pra?- 

 ocular; 1 -f 2 temporals : 176—198 

 ventrals ; 29 — 85 subcaudals. 



Colour dark brown, with a light 

 longitudinal line on each scale ; a 

 long yellow blotch on the nape, and, 

 connected with this, a yellow ring 

 round the snout ; ventrals and sub- 

 caudals brown or black, edged with white. 



Total length, 415 millimetres ; tail 45. 



Ha bitat : Queen slan d . 



(5) P. diadema (fig. 46). — Nasal shield entire, widely separated 

 from the praeocular ; 2-1-2 temporals : third and fourth upper labials 

 entering the eye : 164 — 208 ventrals ; 40 — 62 subcaudals. Colour 

 pale brown or reddish, with a brown edging to each scale forming 

 a reticulate pattern ; a yellow cross-band on the occiput ; belly 

 uniformly white. 



Total length, 600 millimetres; tail 80. 



Fig. 45. — Pseudelaps havricttu'. 



Fig. 4G. — Pseudelaps diadema. 



